Have you ever been up late at night and felt guilty? Maybe you thought to yourself, "I am not worthy of God'. Believe it or not, that would have actually been a true statement. You are not worthy of God! I am not worthy of God! There is absolutely no one on this earth that is worthy of God!
It doesn't matter what you've done, you are not worthy of God. If you sat up all night and read the bible before church on Sunday, you're still not worthy! If you picked up 8 people before Sunday School, you're still not worthy! I'm not even close to being worthy and I write a Christian blog!
The same can be said for the complete opposite side of the spectrum. Maybe you've done something that you know you shouldn't of been doing and the guilt is absolutely killing you. The guilt is so bad that you start to believe that you cannot even pray. God doesn't want to hear what you have to say after what you just did. Unfortunately, I fall into this category most of the time.
Maybe you have spent the night partying and drinking. Lets say you get home about 3 a.m. and try to get some sleep. You had planned on getting up and going to church, but can't due to guilt. "God doesn't want to see me at church after a night like that. I just spent the last few hours, "getting hammered" there's no way God will even let me in His church." Trust me, that couldn't be farther from the Truth, God wants you there! Get your butt out of bed in the morning and get in church! The best place to get rid of the guilt your feeling for the bad decisions, church!
As Christians, we sometimes forget the whole idea of mercy. There is nothing we can do to win a spot in Heaven or be worthy of God. Reason being, because we are not worthy! We have been given the gift of mercy. Mercy means that we do not deserve what we are given. God is showing us mercy, through Jesus's death, by making a relationship with God even possible.
Please erase your guilt, because God has! If you ask, He forgets the mistakes you've made. Therefore, don't feel that you can't pray or go to church. If God didn't want to hear from us because of our actions, no one would be in contact with Him. The good thing is that He loves us so much, that He shows us mercy when we don't deserve it. Wow! What an awesome God!
